RJ01 - Reflective Journal Entry 1 - Due Saturday, Jan 30, 2010
Reflect some of the ways that you want to assess your students, i.e. monitor whether they are understanding what you're teaching.
Describe your (or your CT's) grading policy, i.e. how you will assign scores to represent performance. Explain why you are using this method. If you are continuing your CT's grading policy, explain what you feel are some of its strengths and weaknesses.
Use the template "EDC 484 RJ - Assessment and Grading".
We will use your goals to investigate grading on this Tuesday.
Name: Jillian Boisse
I am currently at Westerly Middle School with a 7/8 grade split class. My CT records her grades first on hard copy, and then into a computer software program the school requires. She keeps a paper record for easier access. All of my CT's assessments are graded and based on the number of earned points to total points ratio. My CT weighs quizzes and homeworks based on the amount of content and effort required. My CT almost always offers the option of an alternative assessment which is usually a little project that students can do to get some extra points added to their final grade. I am still unsure of how she exactly assigns points but will try to grasp that this week.
I will continue this method because the students are used to this method and I think it will be helpful if I have any questions, that my CT will be able to assist me. I will be assessing students at the start of each class with a Science Starter which consists of a couple of short questions or exercises. They will be expected to come into class and take out their Science Starter sheet and answer the questions. These sheets will be collected weekly and graded out of 10 points or so. Other methods of assessing will include quizzes, closing activities [exit slips], lab data/questions, homework reading strategy organizers, and even a Socratic seminar at the end of this chapter [in place of an exam].
RJ01 - Reflective Journal Entry 1 - Due Saturday, Jan 30, 2010
Name: Jillian Boisse
I am currently at Westerly Middle School with a 7/8 grade split class. My CT records her grades first on hard copy, and then into a computer software program the school requires. She keeps a paper record for easier access. All of my CT's assessments are graded and based on the number of earned points to total points ratio. My CT weighs quizzes and homeworks based on the amount of content and effort required. My CT almost always offers the option of an alternative assessment which is usually a little project that students can do to get some extra points added to their final grade. I am still unsure of how she exactly assigns points but will try to grasp that this week.
I will continue this method because the students are used to this method and I think it will be helpful if I have any questions, that my CT will be able to assist me. I will be assessing students at the start of each class with a Science Starter which consists of a couple of short questions or exercises. They will be expected to come into class and take out their Science Starter sheet and answer the questions. These sheets will be collected weekly and graded out of 10 points or so. Other methods of assessing will include quizzes, closing activities [exit slips], lab data/questions, homework reading strategy organizers, and even a Socratic seminar at the end of this chapter [in place of an exam].